Shirt.



A. E. CHASE.

SHIRT.

APPLICATION r1131) AUG. '23, 1912.

1,088,430. Patented Jan.6,1914.

UNITED srnrns ra'rnn' r OFFICE.

AMOS F. CHASE, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHIRT.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AMos F. CHASE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to an im provement in shirts.

The object of the invention is to reorganize and improve the construction of shirts particularly with respect to the collar band and neck opening.

To the above end the invention consists in the shirt hereinafter described and particularly defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred form of the invention, Figure 1 is an elevation of the shirt with the neck opening open; Fig. 2 is a front elevation with the collar attached, portions of the collar being cut away; Fig. 8 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 4 illustrates a detail of construction; and Fig. 5 is a view showing the collar tabs in place with the shirt buttoned.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention is described as follows: A shirt body 1 is provided with a neck band 2 of the usual form. The inside plait 3 is stitched to the right-hand side of the neck opening and by reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the plait has a double top fold. It consists of a continuous strip of cloth which extends up to the top of the neck band 2, thence down a distance equal to the height of the neck band to a point 4:, thence up again to the top of the neck band and down on the inside of the shirt. The outside fold 5 is provided with a buttonhole 6. The inside fold 7 is solid, as seen in Fig. 3, and protects the neck from the contact of the collar button. The front 8 of the plait 8 and the back 9 of the plait between their edges receive the edge of the shirt body and are stitched thereto. The

end of the neck band 2 is laid in between the folds 5 and 7 of the plait and stitched thereto, as shown in Fig. 4. The outside plait 10 has a double top fold. It is made up of two layers, namely, an outside layer 11 which extends up to the top of the neck band of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August '23, 1912.

Patented Jan. 6,1914.

Serial No. 716,612.

shirt (see Figs. 2 and 5), thence down a distance equal to the height of the neck band, these two layers forming the outside fold 12 of the outside plait 10 at the neck band. From this point the plait extends up agam to the top of the neck band and over the end of the neck band, thence down inside of the outside layer 11 of the outside plait 10. The plait 10 is secured to the shirt and neck band by the line of stitches 13. Both of the upper folds of the plait 10 are pro vided with buttonholes, as shown in Fig. 1. The inside fold 14 of the plait 10 forms the end of the neck band 2 and the outside fold 12 is a direct smooth continuation of the outside of the plait 10 without even a seam of stitches across its outer face at the bottom of the neck band (see Figs. 2 and 5). These two folds 12 and 14 of the outside plait receive between them the two tabs 15 and 16 of the collar band (see Fig. 3 in which the.

construction is shown in section, exaggerated in thickness, of course, to facilitate clearness of illustration).

In use, the collar button 17 is put in place in the buttonhole 6, the inside fold 14 of the outside plait 10 is buttoned over the collar button 17, then the collar is put on. First the tab 15 is buttoned over the head of the button 17 and then the tab 16 of the collar is buttoned over said button, and then the outer fold 12 of the front plait 10 is buttoned over the collar button 17 The collar band tabs are securely held in place by the two folds of the outside plait so that the collar is supported and maintained in correct position, and at the same time the tabs of the collar are concealed from view. It often happens that the collar band tabs show, and often they lie in irregular position, so that the provision of the outside fold 12 of the plait 10 to cover these collar band tabs is conducive to an appearance of neatness.

This construction of shirt not only lends itself to facility and economy of manufacture as an original shirt, but it is also well adapted to use in renovating shirts in which the plaits have become worn by contact of the collar therewith, or otherwise.

The invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment, as it may be embodied in other forms.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A shirt having plaits extending up and down the sides of the neck opening and provided with double top folds, the inside plait being provided on its outer fold with a buttonhole and the outside plait being provided in both folds with buttonholes, substantially as described.

2. A shirt having a plait extending lengthwise up and down along the overlapping side of the neck opening, joining the collar band at substantially right angles, extending to the top of the collar band and having a double top fold, whereby the band of an attached collar may be held therebetween, each fold being provided with a buttonhole, substantially as described.

3. A shirt having a plait at the neck opening extending continuously along the edge of the neck opening to the top of the neckband and thence down to the bottom of the neckband to form a fold and thence upwardly to the top of the neckband and down inside of the shirt to form a second fold, the last mentioned fold of the plait being se cured to the neckband and both of the folds being provided with buttonholes, substantially as described.

AMOS F. CHASE.

lVitnesses:

HORACE VAN EVEREN, ALICE AoKRoYn.

Copiers of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G." 

